Data · dataset · 2026
Efficacy of heel lifts for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy
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Mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy is a painful and disabling injury, affecting 6% of people in their lifetime.
Description
Management of this injury can be challenging. Although the recommended treatments lead to improvement for many, up to 20% of patients do not fully recover after 10 years.
Heel lifts are a commonly used alternative treatment. They are shoe inserts that are designed to raise the heel, which may reduce the stretch and load on the Achilles tendon, helping to relieve pain. Despite this, there is limited evidence supporting their use as a treatment and their proposed mechanism remains uncertain.
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Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.26180/34028175.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Podiatry
Provenance · 1 source records, 6 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/34028175 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:420107 | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Podiatry'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
| license_text | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |